In this Industry Insight, we examine Starlink’s expansion beyond retail broadband into upstream middle-mile infrastructure — and why Alaska may be a preview, not an outlier.
 
This model scales cleanly, embeds Starlink deep in regional networks, and carries implications for competition, funding, and control that extend well beyond remote markets.
 
With a SpaceX IPO approaching, the strategic logic is clear. The long-term tradeoffs... are not.